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  3. Starr Forum: Behavioral Science and Nudges: Environmental Protection and Sustainability
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Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (BCS)
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Starr Forum: Behavioral Science and Nudges: Environmental Protection and Sustainability

Speaker(s)
Cass Sunstein
Add to CalendarAmerica/New_YorkStarr Forum: Behavioral Science and Nudges: Environmental Protection and Sustainability02/27/2017 7:00 pm02/27/2017 8:30 pmE15-070 Bartos Theater
February 27, 2017
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location
E15-070 Bartos Theater
Contact
Laura Kerwin
    Description

    Starr Forum: Behavioral Science and Nudges: Environmental Protection and Sustainability 

    February 27, 2017 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm

    E15-070 Bartos Theater

    20 Ames Street, Cambridge

    Introduction by Rebecca Saxe, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT

    Talk by Cass Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor, Harvard Law School

    Cass Sunstein is an American legal scholar, particularly in the fields of constitutional law, administrative law, environmental law, and law and behavioral economics, who was the administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2012.

    Co-sponsored by the MIT Center for International Studies, Brain and Cognitive Sciences

    Free & open to the public | Refreshments served
    Can't attend in person? Watch it on Facebook live or on-demand on YouTube.
    For more information or accessibility accommodations please contact starrforum@mit.edu.

    Speaker Bio

    Cass Sunstein is an American legal scholar, particularly in the fields of constitutional law, administrative law, environmental law, and law and behavioral economics, who was the administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2012.

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